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In 1912, in St. Petersburg it was published book of Nicholas Rubakin "Russia in Figures. Country. People. Estates. Classes ", the book contains interesting statistics and remarkable instances of infographics.
Information on the number and composition of the population at the beginning of the XX century is represented not only in the form of text, data illustrate the wonderful drawings.





Full text Rubakin also deserves attention:
"By January 1, 1910, the total population in the Empire reached quite impressive numbers 163 778 800 persons of both sexes - the author writes. - The absolute number of Russian citizens, of course, is very impressive.
However, in order to judge its value, it is necessary to compare it with the population of other countries.
In this case, it appears that the relative total population of Russia is in third place.
In the first place, China (about 430 million people), followed by the United Kingdom (with the colonies), which has a population of 2, 7 times more numerous than Russia. "



"The population of Russia is about a third the population of the whole of Europe. In other words, the three Europeans - one probably falls the greatest happiness to be a Russian citizen, "- writes Rubakin.



"The population of Russia is about a third the population of the whole of Europe. In other words, the three Europeans - one probably falls the greatest happiness to be a Russian citizen, "- writes Rubakin.



"How many in Russia Russian? - Asks the author of "Russia in Figures". - The answer to the question is posed, is particularly interesting, and it gives the official statistics, based mainly on census 1897 Actually, the Russian population in the Russian Empire at least two-thirds (65, 5%, about 105 million), including the Ukrainians and Belarusians & quot ;.
And a few examples of the wonderful infographic.



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Source: NARubakina book "Russia in Figures. Country. People. Estates. Classes ", St. Petersburg., 1912

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